Alternative diagnoses based on CT angiography of the chest in patients with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism

Objective : To determine the prevalence of alternative diagnoses based on chest CT angiography (CTA) in patients with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) who tested negative for PTE, as well as whether those alternative diagnoses had been considered prior to the CTA. Methods : This was a cross...

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Main Author: Ferreira,Eleci Vaz (author)
Other Authors: Gazzana,Marcelo Basso (author), Sarmento,Muriel Bossle (author), Guazzelli,Pedro Arends (author), Hoffmeister,Mariana Costa (author), Guerra,Vinicius André (author), Seligman,Renato (author), Knorst,Marli Maria (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Pulmonary embolism/diagnosis
Pulmonary embolism/epidemiology
Angiography
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132016000100035
Country:Brazil
Oai:oai:scielo:S1806-37132016000100035

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